Brexit, and maybe then Frexit, Nexit, Swexit, Plexit?

The triumph of Brexit is a most regrettable outcome for everybody involved and possibly even for the world economy.

But perhaps it isn’t really all that shocking: Charles De Gaulle vetoed British entry to the Common Market, the EU’s ancestor, for five years on the grounds that it didn’t really have a 'European vocation.' Turns out he was right.

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

June 27, 2016

LONDON, ENGLAND—“The EU is dying. I hope we've knocked the first brick out of the wall,” exulted Nigel Farage, leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party. He proposed that on June 23, when the British narrowly voted (51.8 per cent of the votes) to leave the European Union, should be a new...

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